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No. 696,466. Patented Apr. l, I902 H. W. MORGAN. NAILING MACHINE.

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HENRY \V. MORGAN, OF ROCHESTER, NElV YORK.

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SPEGIFIOATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,466, dated April 1, 1902. Application filed March 10, 1899. Serial No. 708,585. (No model.

To (0Z7; whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. MORGAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nailing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,-forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to nailing-machines particularly adapted for nailing the tops upon round articles, such as tubs for containing butteror similar material; and it consists in certain improvements and adjustable parts whereby tubs or other round recepta cles of various sizes may be operated upon, all as will be hereinafter fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a horizontal sectional view taken just above the nail-holding chucks. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the head of the machine, showing the nailchannels and picking or selecting devices;

Fig. 4, a vertical sectional View of one of thenailholding chucks; Fig. 5, a sectional view on the line 0 c of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a horizontal sectional View taken on the line d cl of Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a side view of one of the chucks; Fig. 8, a sectional View taken on the line 6 e of Fig. 2; Fig. 9, a sectional view on the line ff of Fig. 2.

Similar reference-numerals in the different figures indicate similar parts.

1 indicates the main frame or standard of the machine, having at the sides vertical ways 2, upon which slides the table or work-support 3, moved vertically by a screw 4, adapted to be actuated by suitable gearing from a hand-wheel 5, extending from the side, as shown.

(5 indicatesa suitable sliding cross-head carrying the nail-driving devices, also sliding upon the ways 2 of the main frame and adapted to be reciprocated vertically by a pitman and mechanism for operating it or other form of reciprocating devicesuch, for instance, as shown in my prior patent, No. 586,711, and

therefore not needing specific description herein. The cross -head 6 is provided with the dovetail projection 7, upon which are mounted forwardly-extending brackets or arms 8, adjustably secured in position upon the head by bolts 9 or otherwise and having the slots or recesses 10 in their under side for the reception of the laterally-extended heads of the nail drivers or punches 11, said drivers passing through the nail-holding chucks supported below them, as will be presently described. Formed upon the sides of the arms or brackets 8 are ways 12, and cooperating with said ways and with the under sides of the brackets are small laterally-extending driverbrackets 13, adjustable upon the brackets 8 and adapted to be secured in position thereon by bolts 39 or otherwise and provided with the T-shaped slots 1a in their lower sides for the receptionof the heads of drivers or punches 15, which latter are adjustable in said slots longitudinally of the brackets 13. Arranged upon the main frame beneath the sliding cross-head is a dovetail cross-bar 16, and mounted upon this are laterally-adjust. able brackets 17, adapted to be secured in position by bolts 18 or otherwise and having the forwardly extending chuck-supports 19 thereon, said supports being composed of two parallel rods or bars rigidly connected at their outer ends by blocks 20 or otherwise.

21 indicates nail-holding chucks constructed substantially as shown in my prior patent, No. 587,321, having the angular rearward projections 22, adapted to fit in the slot between the bars constituting the supports 19, and having also the bolt 23, by which said chucks are clamped to the arms whenin adjusted position. In the present embodiment two of these chucks are shown located at the innerand outer ends of the supports 19, and the chucks nearest the mainframe or standard being provided with the downward extensions 24, having the adjustable abutments'25 thereon to cooperate with the rear side of the tub or keg operated upon and indicated by T, so as to center and hold it in proper position. 26 indicates L-shaped chuck holders or brackets arranged to slide upon the outer sides of the arms 19, having the angular projections fitting the space between said arms and secured in adjusted position by nuts or bolts, (shown particularly in Fig. 2), said chuck holders or brackets 26 being slotted and adapted to receive adjustable nail-chucks 27, similar in essential parts to the chucks 21 and adjustable on the supports toward and from the arms 19.

Each of the chucks is provided, as usual, with the driver-passage 28, nail-passage 29, and spring-operated jaws 30, the front or outer portion 31 of said chucks being adapted to yield outwardly against the tension of springs 32 should a nail become clogged in the channels, as shown in my last-mentioned patent. From the construction shown it will be seen that the nail-chucks 21 and 27 can be so relatively adjusted that the nails passed through them will enter the top of the tub or bucket equal distances apart, as shown in Fig. 2, or said nails may be differently spaced, as desired, the adj ustability of the driverbrackets 17 on the cross-head 16, the brackets 26, and the chuck permitting the operation upon tubs varying greatly in size. The drivers 11 are of course movable with the chucks when adjusted and are permitted to slide freely in the driver-brackets 8 and 13, as will be understood.

The tilting nail-pan 40 is provided, as usual,

with a slotted bottom, the slots therein cooperating with the nail-channels formed between the inclined track-plates 445, secured to the machine head or casting 43, said trackplates being adjustable, if desired, by bars 50 to vary the widths of the nail-channels; but as this forms no part of my present inventionthe nail-channels may be of any suitable construction. The nail-pan may be tilted at intervals or continuously by suitable mechanism-such, for instance, as shown in my prior patents and will operate to deliver nails into the upper ends of the nail-channels between the plates 44 and 45, as will be understood.

The devices for picking off or selecting thenails from the lower ends of the nail-channels maybe of any suitable construction; but I prefer to employ devices substantially as shown in my prior patent, No. 586,711, indicating the disks,having notches 61 at their edges and rotated byworin-Wheels 62 on studs 63, meshing with a worm 64:, driven by gearing 65 from a shaft 66, connected with asuitable power-shaft at the lower portion of the machine. The nails in the channels are picked off one at a time by the disks 60 and delivered into chutes 67, and from thence pass into spouts 68, which convey them into the chucks in the usual manner.

The manner of using and operating ma chines of this general construction is so well understood that no further description is deemed necessary. a

By the employment of the cross-head and the cross-bar 16 shown and providing the adjustable driver and chuck brackets the drivers and chucks may be adjusted to operate upon variously-shaped articlesbaskets, tubs, or boxesand when round articles, as tubs, are operated upon the extension 24 on the innermost chucks will serve to properly center them when they are placed upon the work-support and moved back.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a nailing-machine, the combination with the main frame, the work-support and the vertically-movable cross-head, the laterally-adjustable arms 8 on the cross-head, the driver-brackets adjustable longitudinally of the arms, and the drivers carried by the brackets and arms and adjustable thereon,the crossbar 16 on the main frame, the brackets 17 adjustable thereon, the laterally extending brackets 26, and nail-holding chucks adjustable upon the brackets 17 and 26.

2. In a nailing-machine, the combination with the main frame and work-su pport,a crossbar such as 16 on the frame, a pair of relatively adjustable chuck-supporting brackets on the bar, chuck-supporting brackets eX- tending laterally from the last-mentioned brackets and adjustable thereon, and nailholding chucks adjustably secured to'each of said brackets, of nail-drivers operatingin the chucks, and means for operating them.

3. In a nailin -machine, the combination with the main frame, the Work-support, the vertically-movable cross-bar, the relatively adjustable driver-brackets mounted on the cross-bar having the slots in their lower sides, the driver-brackets extending laterally of the first-mentioned brackets and adjustable there on toward and from the cross-bar on the frame and the drivers adjustable on their brackets, of the nail-chucks supported below the driver-brackets and with which the drivers cooperate and adjustable on their supports.

4. In a nailing-machine, the combination with the main frame and the cross-bar 16 thereon, of a pair of forwardly-extending chuck-supports secured to and adjustable upon said bar, a pair of laterally-extending chuck-supports mounted upon the supports on the bar and adjustable longitudinally thereon nail-holding chucks mounted adj ustably upon the supports, two of said chucks having the downwardly-extending arms for centering the work, and nail-drivers operat ingin the chucks and adjustable with the chucks.

HENRY W. MORGAN.

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F. F. CHURCH, G. WILLARD R1011.

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